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HPCB launches survey on information sharing and the Portugal Agreement

4 August 2009

HPCB invites professional healthcare regulators across Europe to complete an online survey on the implementation of the Portugal Agreement. Healthcare regulators are urged to respond to assist HPCB in developing a future work programme and to support the ongoing activities of the initiative.

The Portugal Agreement is a collaborative voluntary work programme for professional healthcare regulators from within Europe. The Agreement sets out a range of actions that provide a framework for voluntary co-operation and the development of professional healthcare regulation in Europe throughout 2008 and 2009. The focus of the Portugal Agreement is information provision and exchange in the context of professional mobility and patient mobility within the European Single Market, to maintain patient safety.

At the 2009 HPCB Spring meeting, participants agreed that it would be useful to hold a survey on the implementation of the Portugal Agreement in Europe. A HPCB Steering Group meeting was subsequently convened and a survey was produced to assess how information is shared between competent authorities and to identify the obstacles to improving information sharing both proactively and reactively.

The survey is designed to build on the consensus achieved by the Portugal Agreement and establish baseline evidence to inform the ongoing work of the HPCB initiative.

To complete the survey online please click here.

To download a hard copy of the survey please click here. Responses can be submitted by email to hpcb@gmc-uk.org or by fax to: +44 (0)20 7189 5009.

The deadline for submitting responses is 25 September 2009.